Financial Analyst Salary Information in California

The average annual and hourly salaries for financial analysts in the state of California are shown in
Table 1 and Table 2, respectively.
The comparison of the salary statistics of financial analysts amongst California areas is shown in Table 3.
The salary statistics are based on the national compensation survey
conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2017 and published in April 2018
[1].

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for financial analysts in California in 5 percentile scales.
The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $179,550.
The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $94,430.
The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent is $56,770.

Salary Trend (2012 to 2017)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of financial analysts
from 2012 to 2017.

Table 3 shows the median annual salary of financial analysts
in some California cities and metropolitan areas.
We note that the median annual salary of financial analysts in state of California ranges from $52,160 to $119,350.
The highest paying area for financial analysts in California is San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles with a median annual salary of $119,350.
The second highest paying city/area in California State is San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City (mean annual salary $108,990).
The lowest paying area is North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area with a median annual salary of $52,160.